Scott Lowe

JANUARY 14, 2016

Cumulus VX, if you aren’t aware, is a community-supported virtual appliance version of Cumulus Linux aimed at helping folks preview and test “full-blown” Cumulus Linux (which, of course, requires compatible hardware). Dwayne Sinclair (an NSX SE at VMware) has a write-up on what micro-segmentation is not.

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Vmware Devops Storage Linux 60

Scott Lowe

APRIL 27, 2018

VMware has released a PowerCLI preview/fling for NSX-T; Kyle Ruddy has a write-up here. VMware has launched a SIG for Kubernetes on VMware. Your mileage may vary, of course. Virtualization. VMware recently GA’d vSphere 6.7, Feedback is always welcome! Networking. Operating Systems/Applications.

Vmware 60

Vmware Storage Open Source Security 60

Scott Lowe

FEBRUARY 7, 2013

I don’t have any specific goals in mind for this project, although that is something I’ll be evaluating over the course of the year (I do agree that clear goals—something I didn’t establish last year—can help with progress.). Reinforce base Linux knowledge. This will be partly tied to #2.

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Linux Data Center Network Open Source 91

Scott Lowe

OCTOBER 18, 2012

In the virtualization space, it’s extremely common to want to use multiple physical network connections in your hypervisor hosts to support guest (virtual machine) traffic. This behavior is, of course, configurable.) Visit the site for more information on virtualization, servers, storage, and other enterprise technologies.

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Virtualization Vmware Network Exercises 119

Scott Lowe

OCTOBER 30, 2013

Mirantis joins a number of other vendors also offering OpenStack distributions, though Mirantis claims to be different on the basis that its OpenStack distribution is not tied to a particular Linux distribution. Of course, I’m not an expert, so I could be wrong. Linux Storage OpenStack OSS' Inktank Ceph Enterprise.

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Open Source Linux Vmware Enterprise 60

Scott Lowe

MARCH 8, 2016

PowerNSX is pretty cool—it’s a set of PowerShell cmdlets for administrators of VMware NSX running in vSphere environments. Tony Sangha has a nice article providing step-by-step instructions on setting up a site-to-site IPSec VPN between VMware NSX and a Cisco CSR 1000v. There are some good (naturally), and also some bad (of course).

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Vmware Linux Intel Network 60

Scott Lowe

JANUARY 3, 2014

Reinforce base Linux knowledge. Reinforce base Linux knowledge: I’ve been suggesting to VMUG attendees that they needed to learn Linux, as it’s popping up all over the place in all sorts of roles. There’s always room to grow, of course. Continue using Puppet for automation. So, how did I do?

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Report Linux Network Data Center 60

Virtualized Greek

JUNE 10, 2019

Of course, I’ve never installed K8s and other than knowing Alex Ellis , the leader of the open source project for OpenFaaS, I don’t know the first thing about running functions on containers. Oh, did I forget to mention, other than installing Linux, I really shouldn’t be left to my own devices with a Linux console.

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Linux Course Open Source Vmware 40

Scott Lowe

JANUARY 6, 2018

Erik Hinderer takes a stab (based on his field experience) at estimating how long it takes to upgrade VMware NSX. Erik’s figures are just estimates, of course; actual values will be determined based on each customer’s specific environment. Virtualization. Servers/Hardware. recently hit 1.0,

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Linux Vmware Comparison Network 60

Scott Lowe

OCTOBER 14, 2017

This is, of course, just one way of handling subnets within a VPC, but some of the principles outlined in Christopher’s article are definitely sound. Romain Decker has an “under the hood” look at the VMware NSX load balancer. Virtualization. Richard Arnold shares some thoughts on VMware Cloud on AWS.

Load Balancer 60

Load Balancer Vmware Hardware Open Source 60

Scott Lowe

JANUARY 14, 2016

Cumulus VX, if you aren’t aware, is a community-supported virtual appliance version of Cumulus Linux aimed at helping folks preview and test “full-blown” Cumulus Linux (which, of course, requires compatible hardware). Dwayne Sinclair (an NSX SE at VMware) has a write-up on what micro-segmentation is not.

Devops 60

Devops Vmware Storage Open Source 60

Scott Lowe

SEPTEMBER 27, 2019

Anthony Spiteri shares a Terraform configuration he created to deploy a sandbox Kubernetes cluster on VMware vSphere. Virtualization. David Holder has a post on using Terraform to create a highly available, cross-AZ etcd cluster. Phoummala Schmitt talks about the importance of tags with cloud resources. Nope, nothing here either.

Load Balancer 60

Load Balancer Cloud Vmware Applications 60

Scott Lowe

MARCH 2, 2017

I just noticed this article about using Nova flavor extra-specs to pass QoS data down to the virtualization layer. Here’s a walkthrough to install Arch Linux on VirtualBox. Virtualization. Thinking of virtualizing Linux on Hyper-V? Then you may find this list of tips for Linux performance on Hyper-V to be useful.

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Linux Devops Open Source Virtualization 60

Scott Lowe

FEBRUARY 19, 2014

In this post, I’m going to discuss how to use the popular command line utility curl to interact with a couple of RESTful APIs—specifically, the OpenStack APIs and the VMware NSX API. Example 2: Authenticating to VMware NSX. VMware NSX is one example. VMware NSX controllers only listen on HTTPS (not HTTP).

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Authentication Vmware Examples Applications 82

Scott Lowe

JANUARY 7, 2016

His journey started in June 2014 as a result of the Microsoft announcement regarding support for Linux and Kubernetes on Azure—this really indicated a shift in the industry. Container technologies ( Docker , most notably, but also CoreOS and etcd ); recommends this Docker course. Docker course: [link]. Show Notes.

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Devops Engineering Conference Operating Systems 60

Virtualized Greek

MARCH 13, 2013

I got into a spirited debate on twitter with a buddy regarding XenDesktop vs. VMware Horizon Suite. There’s client’s for Blackberry, Windows 8, iOS, Linux and Android just to name a few. Integration with XenApp – A VDI solutions is not just about virtualizing the desktop but also about providing access to applications.

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Comparison Virtualization Applications Vmware 82

Scott Lowe

OCTOBER 23, 2013

That’s assuming your laptop is beefy enough, of course.). Virtualization. Both of these are definitely worth reading if you want a bit more detail on how one of VMware’s newest technologies, VSAN, is going to impact the end-user computing (EUC) space. This is an older post from April 2013, but still useful, I think.

Vmware 60

Vmware Network Virtualization Storage 60

Galido

MARCH 19, 2019

These areas of IT include general IT and technology, security, IT feeds, cloud computing, data center, mobile, social media, tips and tricks, virtualization, and operating system and software blogs. Covering vista, Linux, Ubuntu, SQL server, mac os, enterprise, UNIX, open source, AMD, ERP – Techworld.com. Virtualization Blog.

Resources 113

Resources Mobile Data Center Security 113

Galido

MAY 1, 2019

The deeper we dive into modern technology terms, the more it seems we try to blend physical and virtual worlds together. These areas of tech include general IT and technology, security, IT feeds, cloud computing, data center, mobile, social media, tips and tricks, virtualization, and operating system and software blogs. 9 to 5 Mac.

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Resources Mobile Data Center Security 107

Scott Lowe

AUGUST 21, 2013

On OS X or Linux, this installs with the OS; on Windows, you’ll need a client like PuTTY. Your mileage may vary, of course. Visit the site for more information on virtualization, servers, storage, and other enterprise technologies. VMware Weak Spot. Linux Virtualization CLI KVM SSH' A VNC client.

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Linux Virtualization Vmware System 63

Galido

MARCH 22, 2019

The deeper we dive into modern technology terms, the more it seems we try to blend physical and virtual worlds together. These areas of tech include general IT and technology, security, IT feeds, cloud computing, data center, mobile, social media, tips and tricks, virtualization, and operating system and software blogs. 9 to 5 Mac.

Resources 107

Resources Mobile Data Center Security 107

Cloud Musings

OCTOBER 28, 2016

Significant increase in the number of options available for various business requirements and loads “Bare metal” servers that aren’t virtual. You will learn how to painlessly deploy fairly complex applications that scale across multiple instances in cloud technologies including Windows Azure Chef, Chef Solo, Linux and Windows Tools.

Cloud 70

Cloud Web Services Hardware Software 70

Galido

SEPTEMBER 25, 2019

The deeper we dive into modern technology terms, the more it seems we try to blend physical and virtual worlds together. These areas of tech include general IT and technology, security, IT feeds, cloud computing, data center, mobile, social media, tips and tricks, virtualization, and operating system and software blogs. 9 to 5 Mac.

Mobile 77

Mobile Data Center Security Virtualization 77

Galido

MARCH 19, 2019

These areas of IT include general IT and technology, security, IT feeds, cloud computing, data center, mobile, social media, tips and tricks, virtualization, and operating system and software blogs. Covering vista, Linux, Ubuntu, SQL server, mac os, enterprise, UNIX, open source, AMD, ERP – Techworld.com. Virtualization Blog.

Resources 66

Resources Mobile Data Center Security 66

Scott Lowe

JUNE 22, 2015

Standing in the way, of course, are software walled gardens—and eliminating those software walled gardens is the goal that Docker is attempting to achieve. Hykes says that micro-segmentation is built in to Docker Network, which allows people to assemble virtual networks into any topology. It’s all built on industry standards.

Linux 60

Linux Applications Network Tools 60

Scott Lowe

AUGUST 30, 2013

Following on the heels of this week’s VMware NSX announcement at VMworld 2013, I had someone contact me about a statement this person had heard. Basically, the statement was that it was possible to create do-it-yourself network virtualization. What are the core components of a network virtualization solution?

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Virtualization Network Linux Open Source 60

Scott Lowe

FEBRUARY 10, 2015

recall that Vagrant uses the concept of providers to support multiple backend virtualization solutions). Unless you’re running Vagrant directly on Linux, you’re going to need an installation of Linux to support running the Docker daemon. Some sort of Linux instance on which to run the Docker daemon. OK,” you might reply.

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Vmware Linux Virtualization Examples 60

Scott Lowe

FEBRUARY 10, 2015

recall that Vagrant uses the concept of providers to support multiple backend virtualization solutions). Unless you’re running Vagrant directly on Linux, you’re going to need an installation of Linux to support running the Docker daemon. Some sort of Linux instance on which to run the Docker daemon. OK,” you might reply.

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Vmware Linux Virtualization Examples 60

Scott Lowe

AUGUST 25, 2015

In this post, I’ve gathered links to posts about networking, virtualization, Docker, containers, Linux, configuration management, and all kinds of other cool stuff. Of course, I’m sure there are trade-offs each way. Welcome to Technology Short Take #53. Here’s hoping you find something useful! Networking.

Vmware 60

Vmware Linux Virtualization Tools 60

Scott Lowe

SEPTEMBER 8, 2016

Dmitri Kalintsev is back with another article in a series of articles on using hardware VXLAN tunnel endpoints (VTEPs) with VMware NSX. Here’s a handy post by Dale Coghlan on how to find object IDs for just about anything in a VMware NSX environment. Red Hat Enterprise Linux Atomic Host (how’s that for a mouthful?)

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Vmware Linux Intel Storage 60

ForAllSecure

FEBRUARY 23, 2021

And you have to look through all of that data that you've gathered over the course of the pen test. Crawley: If you're gonna focus largely on physical pen testing you might want to take some block picking courses and stuff like that. The more famous of these is Kali Linux, from Offensive Security. And it’s free.

Network 52

Network Applications Security Operating Systems 52

ForAllSecure

FEBRUARY 23, 2021

And you have to look through all of that data that you've gathered over the course of the pen test. Crawley: If you're gonna focus largely on physical pen testing you might want to take some block picking courses and stuff like that. The more famous of these is Kali Linux, from Offensive Security. And it’s free.

Network 52

Network Applications Security Operating Systems 52

Scott Lowe

FEBRUARY 4, 2013

Brad Hedlund (who will be my co-worker starting on 2/11) created a great explanation of network virtualization that clearly breaks down the components and explains their purpose and function. Greg Schulz (aka StorageIO) has a couple of VMware storage tips posts you might find useful reading. Virtualization. Great job, Brad.

Vmware 110

Vmware Storage Virtualization Network 110

Scott Lowe

JUNE 4, 2013

Tom Nolle asks the question , “Is virtualization reality even more elusive than virtual reality?” I talked before about the difference between network virtualization and SDN, so no need to mention that again. I missed this on the #vBrownBag series: designing HP Virtual Connect for vSphere 5.x. Virtualization.

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HP Virtualization Hardware Network 105

Scott Lowe

JUNE 4, 2013

Tom Nolle asks the question , “Is virtualization reality even more elusive than virtual reality?” I talked before about the difference between network virtualization and SDN, so no need to mention that again. I missed this on the #vBrownBag series: designing HP Virtual Connect for vSphere 5.x. Virtualization.

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HP Virtualization Hardware Network 60